Sr. Instructor - Mechanical

About the role

The Senior Instructor, Mechanical is a senior-level member of ATI's instructional team, delivering ATI's curriculum to independent mechanical and general repair shop owners and their teams while taking on a broadened scope of responsibility for content quality, classroom standards, and the development of other instructors.

Responsibilities

• Deliver ATI curriculum to independent mechanical and general repair shop owners and their teams across live, virtual, and on-demand formats.
• Translate business concepts — financials, sales, leadership, succession, and operations — into practical, shop-floor applications for a mechanical/general repair audience.
• Adapt delivery style and content to the format, audience, and experience level of each session, including advanced and owner-level cohorts.
• Serve as lead or anchor instructor for flagship courses, multi-day events, and higher-stakes sessions as assigned.
• Partner closely with curriculum and instructional design staff to keep mechanical-relevant content accurate, current, and credible.
• Provide subject-matter review and feedback on new or revised mechanical curriculum before broader rollout.
• Identify content gaps and emerging mechanical-industry topics, and recommend new course or session development.
• Dedicate regular, structured time to researching developments in the mechanical/general repair industry, including evolving technologies (EV service, ADAS, diagnostics, telematics), labor market shifts, parts supply dynamics, and changing shop economics.
• Monitor industry publications, trade associations, OEM technical resources, and peer research to maintain current, credible subject-matter expertise across ATI's mechanical curriculum.
• Review existing course materials on a defined cycle to assess continued relevance, accuracy, and alignment with the realities participants are facing in their shops today — recommending updates, retirements, or new content as warranted.
• Synthesize industry research into actionable insights and translate those insights into curriculum recommendations, new session concepts, or in-course examples that reflect what is happening on the shop floor right now.
• Collaborate with ATI's curriculum, instructional design, and market intelligence functions to ensure research findings move efficiently from discovery into updated course content.
• Bring participant feedback from the classroom — questions asked, confusion surfaced, real-world situations raised — back into the content review process as a primary signal for curriculum improvement.
• Mentor and onboard newer or less experienced instructors, including classroom observation and constructive feedback.
• Model exemplary classroom presence, facilitation of discussion, and member engagement for the broader instruction team.
• Support the Department Leader in calibrating instructional quality standards across the mechanical instruction team.
• Actively seek out and participate in skills-building opportunities — including ATI-provided training, industry conferences, instructional development programs, and peer learning — as an ongoing professional responsibility.
• Pursue continuous growth in instructional craft, facilitation technique, adult learning principles, and subject-matter depth.
• Engage fully with ATI's instructor development initiatives, including cohort debriefs, feedback sessions, and any formal development programming offered by ATI's Training & Development leadership.
• Perform other duties as assigned in support of ATI's mechanical-member experience.

Qualifications

• Substantial mechanical/general repair industry experience with a record of credibility among shop owners and operators.
• Demonstrated, sustained track record instructing or presenting to groups in live and/or virtual settings, including more advanced or experienced audiences.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the judgment to guide discussion among experienced business owners.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor, coach, or develop other instructors or team members.
• Ability to work independently in a remote environment and to travel occasionally for live events and meetings.
• Demonstrated personal commitment to ongoing professional growth and skills development.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated knowledge across several of the following mechanical/general repair domains is strongly preferred:
• Shop financials, KPIs, and performance management
• Service advisor performance, sales process, and customer experience
• Techician productivity, scheduling, and labor management
• Marketing, customer retention, and local market positioning
• Leadership development and succession planning for independent shop owners

Education & Certifications

• ASE certification(s)
• Prior mechanical shop ownership or senior operations/management experience
• Prior experience training, mentoring, or developing other instructors

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements

• Primarily remote work environment.
• Occasional travel is required for live training events, industry conferences, and company meetings.
• Extended periods of computer and video-conference use.
• Occasional work outside standard business hours to accommodate member schedules and events.